The team is going to increase its staff by 20 per cent. It is also developing a new factory as the ambition for the brand is to win world championships.
Fabio Quartararo's third win catapults him back at the top of the championship standings with 108 points, while Suzuki rider Joan Mir's fourth podium of the season places him second with an 8 point gap.
Yamaha claimed the 1-2-3 positions in the Catalan GP qualifying with Franco Morbidelli on pole followed by teammate Fabio Quartararo, while Valentino Rossi secured his first front row finish of the season in third place.
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time at the Sochi Circuit to take the pole position in the 2020 Russian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver pipped Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen by 0.5s, despite nearly not setting a Q2 lap after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel crashed. Hamilton, along with Nicholas Latifi, Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen face an investigation post qualifying for track limits violation during Q1. He will also be starting on the less preferred soft rubber in the race tomorrow.
The nine-time world champion will continue competing in MotoGP with Yamaha, albeit moving to the Petronas Yamaha SRT satellite team next season alongside Franco Morbidelli, as Fabio Quartararo joins the factory team.
